Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“MARLUVA”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Bocholt · since 2019
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Pittem · since 2023
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Nuth · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of JP BORDUUR · Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1981
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Harelbeke · since 1989
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Waregem · since 2002
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Support activities for crop production · Bekkevoort · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Destelbergen · since 1991
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Mechelen · since 1971
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Support activities for crop production · Rijkevorsel · since 1986
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Other retail sale of new goods · Edegem · since 1987
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Elsene · since 1987
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Waasmunster · since 1988
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Ukkel · since 1989
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Wichelen · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Laureins · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Merksplas · since 2001
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of TAM · Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2018
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Other tax advisory services · Stekene · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Lede · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2020
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tielt · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Tielt · since 2023
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Liège · since 2005
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1993